A The Clackamas Print
W ednesday, Feb. 1, 2012
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Athletics Notebook: Richardson signs with
N W Christian, basketball picks up pair of wins
Volleyball
Cougar volleyball had both a hello and a goodbye
this week as star sophomore Taylor Richardson signed
with Northwest Christian University and newcomer
Zoey Martin committed to play at Clackamas next fall.
Richardson, who celebrated her 20th birthday on Jan.
31, led the NWAACC in total kills (290) her sophomore
season and led by a wide margin in the southern region.
Named a regional second team all-star as a freshman,
Richardson came back the following year and made the
southern regions first team and was named a National
Vblleyball Coaches Association All. American for her
efforts^,
-“Everything has just fallen into place and that’s the
greatest; feeling,” said Richardson after her signing.
Around middle schooU realized that I wanted to playas
long as I possibly could, so it’s pretty cool to get spme-
thing-that you ve been waiting for for 10 years./
Martin hails from Santiam Christian High School
where she played both outside nitter and setter. She was a
second team all-league player in her junior,and senior sea
sons, and has played on two state championship teams.
“I’m just ready to train and play1 volleyball,” said
Martin. “It’s my passion.”
Zoey M artin, second from left, signed with Clackamas to play next fall, whileTaylor Richardson, center right, signed
with Northwest Christian University. Also pictured are Kathie Woods a n d M ike Gaffaney, N W Christian head coach.
Men’s Basketball
. M atched up against arguably the worst team
in the NWAACC, Clackamas easily dispatched
the winless Portland Community- College
Panthers .73-34 in a contest th at set an oppo
nent low for points this season. Sophomore Paul
Walter led the home team w ith 16 points and
seven rebounds and sophomore Taylor D unn
added .15 points and five steals. Sophomores
Brett Ball and Alex Loul rounded out the four:
Cougars that were in double figures with Ball
narrowly missing a double-double (11 points,
nine rebounds) and Loul hitting for 10 points
on the night.
Clackamas picked up another win on
Saturday over Umpqua w inning 76-60 for their
third consecutive victory. D unn led all scorers
in the game w ith 21 points and Ball registered
a double-double w ith 12 points and 13 boards.
T he w in k e e p s Clackamas (10-9, 4-3 South)
a h alf game behind SW Oregon (12-7, 4-2
South) for the fourth and final playoff spot in
the southern region.
Women’s Basketball
Sophomore w ing P aul Walter (32) shoots over the defense in the
7 3 -3 4 victory over P ortland C om m unity College.
o u t six weeks, -which puts her return after the
cham pionship tournam ent M arch 3-6 in Tri-
Playing free an d loose the Clackam as Cities.
women fully flexed their offensive muscle
Clackamas again emerged victorious over
and broke the 100 p o in t barrier for the first U m pqua on Saturday w ith an 84-64 road
tim e this season in their 107-59 victory over victory in Roseburg. First year guard Jenny,
Portland C om m unity College on Jan. 25. Johnson played all b u t tw o and a h alf m inutes
T he Cougars forced Portland in to ' a dismal o f the contest and led all scorers w ith 22 points
4 2 turnovers in the contest scoring 55 points’ and nine assists. Freshman Ashleigh A nderson
o ff those turnovers. Sam M cC loud broke o u t continued to improve as she was 6-11 from
o f a recent slump and led Clackamas w ith the three p o in t line for 18 points. Sophom ore
22 points, 15 rebounds, five assists and six sharp shooter MaKesha Bizon added 17 points
steals while only com m itting four turnovers. in the victory, w hich moves the Cougars to
Five other double figure scorers contributed T 7 -2 on the season, w hich is tied for the best
to th e blow out, w hich took place w ith o u t overall record in the NW AACC. Also in the
one o f their key sophom ores Lindsay Kanalz, win, Clackamas lost guard Alex Howe to a
who has been sporting a bright pink cast ever torn ACL.
since she broke n e r wrist du rin g the M t. H ood
game on Jan. 18. Kanalz says th at she will be
Wrestling
. Sophom ore Erie Luna, ranked N o. 7 in the n atio n at
the N jC A A level has recently been dismissed from the
team .
“U nfortunately we just couldn’t get Eric to com m it to
w hat the goal was here at C lackam as,” said head coach
Josh R hoden. “We attem pted several tim es to try and
give him an o p p o rtu n ity to get on board. U nfortunately
it didn’t w ork out. We have always been in the frame o f
m ind th at no one’s bigger th an this program . In this case
it hu rts a bunch because you have a person ready to fin
ish very high nationals, b u t in the long ru n a program is
probably better for it.”
S tarting in his .place is freshm an C lin to n M cAlister
who redshirted during last year’s n ational cham pionship
run.
Clackamas split a pair o f m eetings w ith four year u n i
versities on Saturday, w inning 28-15 over Sim on Fraiser
U niversity (BC) and falling 25-12 to Southern O regon
University. T he Cougars will finish up th eir season
against Pacific U niversity at hom e on Thursday, Feb. 2
at 7 p.m .
-C om piled by John W illia m H ow ard
decision against S W Oregon’s Johnny Campbell in the 133 lb division, adding to Clackamas 4 2 -6 victory.